#Google image search iphone safari download
#Google image search iphone safari free

If the site in question does not allow Google/Bing direct access to images, proxy the request by downloading the image and then POST'ing it to the image search endpoint.

#Google image search iphone safari free

Future workĪdd other image search engines (feel free to propose new search engines in the Github issues) I will take patches or pull requests, however. Unfortunately, I do not have a macOS 10.13 machine to test with, so if it turns out to not work on 10.13, I cannot offer support. It may or may not work with other combinations of versions, as I can only test on my own personal machine. Tested on macOS 11 Big Sur and Safari 14.1. If the page allows direct image hotlinking from Google or Bing, this should redirect to the reverse image search results. Right-click on most images on a web page, and pick 'Search with Google', 'Search with Bing', etc. Note that it is going to require an Apple Developer certificate for code-signing. If you prefer to compile from source (to be absolutely sure that nothing nefarious is happening), check out the repository and compile the project with XCode as normal. Users paranoid about allowing this level of access can read the source code, to see that nothing nefarious is happening. Apple (rightfully) warns that giving this permission means the extension can read any data, on any website being visited. The containing app can be used to configure the supported search engines.įor the extension to work, it obviously requires access to all websites being visited, in order to retrieve images. Reload the current active page to allow the injected script to take effect. Go into Safari -> Preferences -> Extensions and activate the Reverse Image Search extension.

#Google image search iphone safari download

On Github, download from the Releases tab of the repository if a release is available (if not available, open an issue on Github - I probably just forgot to make a build). Installationĭownload and run the containing app 'ReverseImageSearch.app'. This extension is intended to replace legacy reverse image search extensions that were disabled by Safari 12's move to the app extension model. to run a search for other instances of the target image, or to find similar images. When you come across an image on any website, just right-click it to open a context menu, and select 'Search with Google', etc. This Safari extension allows reverse image searches (aka 'search by image' or 'search using an image') directly from a web page. Reverse Image Search - a Safari App Extension